Learning Outcomes

When you have studied this session, you should be able to:

• Define and use correctly all of the key words printed in bold.
• Describe the actions you would take to maintain essential health facility equipment and prevent breakdowns.
• Describe how you would manage health facility stores in order to maintain essential health services in your community and reduce wastage.
• Explain how you would estimate quantities of drugs and other consumable supplies on the basis of rates of use.
• Explain why it is important to educate health facility staff, volunteers, patients and parents about the correct use of drugs and other consumable supplies issued to them.